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How To Shoot A Music Video in Times Square

Posted on July 17th, 2011 Written on michael's blog

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NYVS instructor Francisco Aliwalas affixes a Canon 5D DSLR camera to the side of a taxi to shoot a music video.

1am

Times Square

New York.

Tags : DSLR , camera , Francisco , Aliwalas , Times , Square , Music , Video

Category : Music Video , Indie filmmaking news

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10 comment(s)

michael
4:00 pm Monday
Jul 25, 2011

I can't embed photos here but I will post this as a blog in its own right so you can see

manray
3:05 pm Monday
Jul 25, 2011

Michael, could you post the freeze frame Franciso mentioned in his answer below. Thanks

djwetterstrand
10:11 am Monday
Jul 25, 2011

So here's another instance where I want to watch a video - of Francisco at work! Maybe Francisco can start to video his video shoots - he'd have an avid audience here at nyvs :)

fzambrana
9:47 pm Wednesday
Jul 20, 2011

Wow I drooled a little. Great moment captured here Inspiring too!

Martell
1:28 pm Tuesday
Jul 19, 2011

Thanks for that Michael, very helpful..

michael
8:23 am Tuesday
Jul 19, 2011

Here's your answer from Francisco: Hi Michael. In response to more info re that music vid shoot: We rented a Panther Car Mount which are the 3 arms and suction mounts on the door. The camera rested on a fluid head. My Gaffer added extra support on the top half of the camera. More suctions and arms which connected to the hot shoe mount on top of the Canon 5D. For lighting, I mounted two flat LED lights (battery powered), with diffusion gels, on the cab partitions. Aimed them at the performer, using the dimmer to adjust the luminosity. If the LEDs are too bright, you end up closing the iris thus losing all the (free) lighting in the background. To me, the background is just as special as the subject. Look at the frame as a vast canvas. Then I rolled the window up, didn't over indulge on the Windex so that the lights of Times Square created nice, gritty reflections on her face. Here's a freeze frame I tweaked in post. This is a noir-ish veneer but you can play with the mood

michael
4:05 pm Sunday
Jul 17, 2011

I just emailed him. Stand by

Martell
4:02 pm Sunday
Jul 17, 2011

If you can that be great. I need it for a car advert Im working on

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